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Happy birthday to Etsuko Shihomi 志穂美 悦子
#志穂美 悦子#etsuko shihomi#sister street fighter#jac#japan action club#japanese actress#japan#martial arts#japanese actor#japanese cinema#japanese film#japanese movies#japan film club
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Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess
必殺女拳士 (1976)
#Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess#Dragon Princess#必殺女拳士#Etsuko Shihomi#shinichi chiba#志穂美悦子#千葉真一#Yutaka Kohira#小平裕#Japan#movie#gif#1976
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Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken (The Street Fighter, 1974)
"But don't worry, Mutaguchi, there's an evil code of conduct - and I'm very tight-lipped."
#Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken#the street fighter#street fightin' cinema#japanese cinema#sonny chiba#shigehiro ozawa#kôji takada#motohiro torii#shin'ichi chiba#yutaka nakajima#goichi yamada#chiyoko kazama#etsuko shihomi#nobuo kawai#akira shioji#chico lourant#tony cetera#osman yusuf#jirô yabuki#toshiaki tsushima#blood tw#outrageously violent martial arts madness from the master himself Sonny Chiba. US importers were looking for a new Bruce Lee after#the star's untimely death‚ and this was the film they decided would revitalise the genre; dubbed and cut it was a smash hit (and became the#first film to earn an X rating in the US for violence alone). it's easy to see why; this is thrilling stuff even if Chiba's amoral#mercenary is a world away from Lee's dignified everyman (in the first act he literally sells a woman as a sex slave; you'd never have#caught one of Lee's characters doing that). the action is spectacular and grotesque‚ including a cut to x ray for a man's shattering skull#(the origin of those fatality screens in fighting games). it also leant it's name to the Street Fighter game series in an unofficial#capacity. lurid and nasty but a lot of fun and by god Chiba was a hell of a performer: where Lee was all about speed and control‚ Chiba is#like a wild animal‚ running up people's bodies and fucking them up while he snarls and pants. an acquired taste perhaps but i dig it#and it's not just action! Chiba brings real pathos to scenes of loss in the last act‚ and his murky motivations make for intriguing viewing
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On April 12, 2019, Sister Street Fighter and Lady Street Fighter were screened as a double-feature on TCM Underground.
Here's some new art inspired by both features!
#tcm underground#sister street fighter#lady street fighter#kazuhiko yamaguchi#james bryan#etsuko shihomi#sue shiomi#renee harmon#action movies#grindhouse movies#kung fu#kung fu movies#1970s#70s cinema#double feature#midnight movies#exploitation film#movie art#art#drawing#movie history#pop art#modern art#pop surrealism#cult movies#portrait#cult film
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千葉真一 Sonny Chiba
志穂美悦子 Etsuko Shihomi
1975
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Dragon Princess (Kohira Yutaka, 1976)
Whatever happened to karate? It seemed like it was all that was available when i was a kid and now looking at martial arts options for my kid it's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, some face-pounding MMA or bust. And what happened to it as a film genre? It looks so stylish and graceful in a fight scene. So does Shihomi Etsuko. Here's a potboiler movie to showcase her talents
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Shihomi Etsuko
“Hoero Tekken” / Roaring Fire
© 1981 Toei Company
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Hiroyuki
Anna Sawai
Bren Foster
Bullet Train Cast
Chad Stahelski
Cillian Murphy
Etsuko Shihomi (Listed 163cm)
Frank Grillo
Joe Taslim & Chin Han (Listed 5'9")
John Wick 4 cast
Johnny Depp
rinko kikuchi
Ryudo Uzaki (Listed 175cm)
Yoshi Sudarso (5'10.5" range)
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#Etsuko Shihomi#Karate#Martial arts#Martial arts movies#Martial arts cinema#Japanesecinema#Asiancinema
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Sister Street Fighter (Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1974)
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Gyakushû! Satsujin ken (The Streetfighter's Last Revenge, 1974)
"Who the hell are you?"
"I make the impossible possible. Takuma Tsurugi. Remember that, if you want to live long."
#Gyakushû! Satsujin ken#The Streetfighter's Last Revenge#street fightin' cinema#japanese cinema#1974#sonny chiba#shigehiro ozawa#kôji takada#masahiro shimura#shin'ichi chiba#reiko ike#kôji wada#akira shioji#tatsuo endô#etsuko shihomi#yutaka nakamura#eizô kitamura#fuyuki murakami#masaharu arikawa#isao takanami#toshiaki tsushima#the og trilogy wraps up in as insane a way as I might have expected. we're in full spy film territory now‚ as Chiba's antihero#has suddenly developed the ability to use lifelike masks to disguise himself as just about anyone‚ and has a secret compartment in his base#full of weapons and gadgets and stuff. he's still breaking bones and smashing skulls tho so im happy; the moment that amazing theme kicks#in and he grins his crooked grin you know you're in safe hands. the plot is even busier and nonsensical than ever‚ with betrayals upon#double crosses upon backstabbings; but hey it all looks pretty cool and Chiba is always mighty compelling. Shihomi is a welcome presence#but i do wish her character had been a little more fleshed out (she'd be starring in her own series of spinoffs next).#not quite as impressive as the previous two films‚ with a lot of time spent on a back and forth attempt to take possession of an#incriminating cassette tape; but it is fun‚ and I'll miss this guy and his athletic brutalism.
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Happy birthday Japanese grindhouse film icon Etsuko Shihomi! Here's some Sister Street Fighter fan art to mark the occasion!
#happy birthday#etsuko shihomi#sister street fighter#sister street fighter 1974#the street fighter#shogun's samurai#dragon princess#martial artist#the street fighter's last revenge#action thriller#martial arts films#martial arts#movie art#art#drawing#movie history#pop art#modern art#pop surrealism#cult movies#portrait#cult film
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志穂美悦子
1978年
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The Great Chase (1975) 『華麗なる追跡』 Directed by Norifumi Suzuki 鈴木 則文
#The Great Chase#華麗なる追跡#Norifumi Suzuki#鈴木 則文#Etsuko Shihomi#志穂美 悦子#toei#japanese film#japanese movies#japanese cinema#martial arts films#martial arts movies#action movies#japan action club#movies#cinema#film#screencaps#japan film club#action cinema#action film
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